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Part of the talent of any company is to surround yourself with people who have good spirit and help you do more and more things.
I'm drawn to the way Havaianas capture playfulness and light-heartedness in their products - there is clearly an element of fun.
I seem to go through phases with collecting stuff: vintage Japanese men's magazines, coconut monkey carvings, '70s belt buckles.
My personal style icon is Steve McQueen. My design style icon is a mix of everyone from Jackie O. to Lauren Hutton to my mother.
If you're a designer, there's got to be some films that you've seen that have inspired you creatively. There's no escaping that.
I think that women can tend to look so feminine so easily. So it's interesting to see how we can look masculine and strong, too.
I'm usually very attracted to things that I can't define. If something's too clear, it's very often not inspiring to me anymore.
I like to do things that are step by step. It takes experience to get to the next level. And you have to put your heart into it.
Although I do not believe in fame, what it brings me is the fact that I can ask someone to work with me, and they do not say no.
These five years as a couturier have really changed my way of seeing fashion and my confidence with fashion. Couture is a dream.
I love women in all their different incarnations. My friends are practically all women. They are much more intelligent than men.
I don't like women who are multiform, who wear many different shapes. Women who retain a unique shape are usually unique people.
When you find the person that you settle down with, I guess you mellow. They are taming you, aren't they? Or you're taming them.
I'm not designing clothes for someone who is doing lines of coke off the table, like I was when I was at Gucci and Saint Laurent
The road to success is not easy to navigate, but with hard work, drive and passion, it's possible to achieve the American dream.
Big businesses can help by engaging aspiring entrepreneurs and promoting initiatives which support small businesses from within.
Don't just eat McDonald's, get something a bit better. Eat a salad. That's what fashion is. It's something that is a bit better.
You can't market or commercialize feminism as an entity. One has to be careful. I aim to be about powerful women in my clothing.
For me, I'll unwind at the end of the day by soaking in Epsom salts. It's the routine I prefer for coming down after crazy days.
Bright reds - scarlet, pillar-box red, crimson or cherry - are very cheerful and youthful. There is certainly a red for everyone.
I think men know to seduce women though words and conversation and nice gestures. That's much sexier than when a man uses muscle.
When I meet celebrities, I have to know what they are like and only then can I design. The clothes have to fit their personality.
Fortunately, or unforunately for me, I am always at my best when I am unhampered: when I can let myself go and have a little fun.
Single-sex private schools, especially in the middle of nowhere on a bleak hill in County Durham - I don't think they make sense.
Rooney Mara is someone I'd like to dress; we've not worked with her before and she certainly has very interesting personal style.
Frank Gehry not only understood my sense of fun and adventure but also reciprocated it and translated that feeling into his work.
In fashion, you need to present something new every six months, but it takes time to study things. Development is very important.
I think Barbie and I are very similar in many respects. That's why she made such a great muse for the summer Moschino collection.
I have learned so much about myself. I have re-discovered that little boy who had the hunger to create, which I think I had lost.
If you don't feel good in it, don't wear it. Because it'll never look good. Any hesitation in the fitting room and just walk away
Weirdly, my nickname was Lady. I didn't get Stretch, or Stilts, or Spider Legs - I got Lady. I guess I was always a bit ladylike.
For my kids, I cook everything. We have dinner every night, pretty much, just the four of us: my husband and me and our two kids.
Glamour is what makes a man ask for your telephone number. But it also is what makes a woman ask for the name of your dressmaker.
I always designed clothes from a very young age because I didn't like the way they were. They were paralyzing; they were stilted.
Madonna is untouchable. She is absolutely lovely. On a personal level, she's everything you would expect. She's so down to earth.
Gray has this crisp, neat-as-a-pin thing going for it, whereas black seems lazy and, at the same time, like it's trying too hard.
I like the idea that we settle into what looks best on us. Then it becomes a game of finding the perfect version of those things.
My job ranges from creating the initial overall theme of the season, to developing fabrics and sketching to sampling and fitting.
At school there were some programs in music. I did take piano lessons, and we had a piano at home. I got very interested in that.
There was a certain amount of discipline, I think; my parents wanted to be sure that I was not just sitting around doing nothing.
My biggest influences are strong, creative women that chart their own path, lead their own lives and drive the course of history.
As you know, all women at all ages do not feel their ages anymore. The young girl feels older, and the older woman feels younger.
The press attack people to sell more papers without thinking, but when you get famous you have to put up with this kind of stuff.
Everyone knows that life is very expensive and you can change, you can turn, you can play with clothes with a lot of accessories.
I have the impression that the women around me are like me - smaller, taller, fatter, thinner - but in fact, we are all the same.
If I had to read only one author, it would be Gabriel Garcia Marquez because I love the mystical, magical quality of his writing.
I have multiple lines and am licensing multiple projects, but I am still hands-on. It feels special. I don't take it for granted.
I used to be frustrated about being called bohemian, but I don't really care now. If that's what you are, you should celebrate it.
My prom dress was very sweet, very puffy, but I also wore little stiletto, pointed-toe heels, nylon hosiery, the whole nine yards.
I am very shy. When I go to a charity ball, I don't mind if people look at my sleeves. I mind terribly if I have to say something.